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Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt reportedly met with former NFL head coach Marty Schottenheimer Friday, Nov. 9; however, the team denies the meeting took place. Schottenheimer could be offered the team's general manager position.

Former NFL head coach Marty Schottenheimer will return to coaching in the UFL for the Virginia Destroyers, according to ESPN's Chris Mortensen. Schottenheimer last coached the San Diego Chargers in 2006 and was fired after taking the team to a 14-2 record.

Dave Hutchinson, of The Star-Ledger, reports former NFL head coach Marty Schottenheimer said he is not interested in returning to coaching in the NFL. "I had 30 years of it. I enjoyed it thoroughly. ... What I'm working very hard to do right now is enjoy the fruits of my labor," Schottenheimer said.

In an interview on NFL SIRIUS Radio's "The Red Zone," free-agent head coach Marty Schottenheimer said he has no interest in returning to the NFL as a head coach or even as a general manager. "But to be very candid with you I don't really think that I'm a candidate for any 'GM' role first of all because I think it's a totally different animal. And Parcells may think otherwise but it's not something that I would have an interest in. And from the coaching standpoint of it, you know, I'll be very candid with you and say it's nice to think that people would consider you but the reality of it is that after 30 great years I'm really not going to go back down that road again."

Jim Trotter, of the San Diego Union-Tribune, reports free-agent head coach Marty Schottenheimer (Chargers) will not commit to coaching again, but "would never say never about coaching again. Schottenheimer added, "But the likelihood of me returning is, I would think, on the south side of 50 percent. It's just timing. The league is changing, to some extent, and I'm really enjoying being with my grandkids and playing golf."

Jim Trotter, of the San Diego Union-Tribune, reports San Diego Chargers players were both shocked and upset over the team's decision to dismiss head coach Marty Schottenheimer. "Something like this happens and my first thought is, 'Are all the coaches going to be gone?' If so, you're looking at starting over with somebody else and that's a tremendous blow for our football team," said RB LaDainian Tomlinson. "It's crazy," CB Quentin Jammer added. "You go 14-2 and you get fired. It's wild. Now you go into the offseason not knowing what's going on. I think I speak for a lot of guys on the team when I say we really, really liked Marty."

Kevin Acee, of the San Diego Union-Tribune, reports head coach Marty Schottenheimer does not plan to retire after being fired by the San Diego Chargers Monday, Feb. 12. "Assuming my health is good, which it is right now, hell yeah," Schottenheimer said of coaching again.

Kevin Acee, of the San Diego Union-Tribune, reports the decision to fire San Diego Chargers head coach Marty Schottenheimer was a result of Schottenheimer wanting to interview his brother Kurt for the team's defensive coordinator position, according to sources. General manager A.J. Smith and president Dean Spanos did not approve, but Schottenheimer held firm in asserting that he had the right to hire his own coaching staff.

San Diego Chargers president Dean Spanos has released a statement regarding head coach Marty Schottenheimer's dismissal. Spanos said, " Today I made an extremely difficult decision: Marty Schottenheimer is no longer the head coach of the San Diego Chargers." Spanos said the team is responsible for paying the final year of Schottenheimer's contract. He added, "Our fans deserve to know what changed for me over the last month. When I decided to move ahead with Marty Schottenheimer in mid-January, I did so with the expectation that the core of his fine coaching staff would remain intact. Unfortunately, that did not prove to be the case, and the process of dealing with these coaching changes convinced me that we simply could not move forward with such dysfunction between our head coach and general manager. In short, this entire process over the last month convinced me beyond any doubt that I had to act to change this untenable situation and create an environment where everyone at Charger Park would be pulling in the same direction and working at a championship level. I expect exactly that from our entire Charger organization in 2007."

San Diego Chargers head coach Marty Schottenheimer said the team will look at all of their options when it comes to replacing offensive coordinator Cam Cameron, who has taken over as the Miami Dolphins new head coach. Schottenheimer said he wants to keep the same system in place and does not want their players to have to learn a new system. "We have our work cut out to replace Cam," Schottenheimer said.

San Diego Chargers president Dean Spanos announced the team has offered one-year contract extensions to the team's entire coaching staff. Spanos did not elaborate on which coaches would accept the deal other than head coach Marty Schottenheimer, who declined his extension.

San Diego Chargers president Dean Spanos has announced head coach Marty Schottenheimer declined a one-year, $4.5 million extension with a team buy-out option for $1 million to remain with the team through 2008. Schottenheimer is entering the last year of his current contract.

Kevin Acee, of the San Diego Union-Tribune, reports San Diego Chargers head coach Marty Schottenheimer's six straight postseason defeats is tied for the most in National Football League history, according to Elias Sports Bureau.

XX Sports Radio 1090 AM reports San Diego Chargers head coach Marty Schottenheimer is meeting with team general manager A.J. Smith Monday, Jan. 15. It is unclear at this point what the meeting is regarding, but there is speculation it could be regarding his future with the team.

Kevin Acee, of the San Diego Union-Tribune, reports San Diego Chargers team president Dean Spanos has not yet decided on the future of head coach Marty Schottenheimer following the team's divisional playoff loss to the New England Patriots. "I'm going to sit down with A.J. (Smith, general manager), as we do at the end of every season," Spanos said. "And we will evaluate coaches, players, the entire organization."

The Associated Press reports San Diego Chargers head coach Marty Schottenheimer won his 200th regular-season game Week 17. Schottenheimer joins former head coaches Don Shula, George Halas, Tom Landry and Curly Lambeau in the exclusive club.

Kevin Acee, of the San Diego Union-Tribune, reports San Diego Chargers head coach Marty Schottenheimer says the team's strong defensive unit has allowed him to implement his conservative style of offense so far this season. "I assure you the better defense we have, the more you'll see of, quote, Martyball," Schottenheimer said. "It's resurrected itself a little bit. I can't walk out of a game in which we only threw the ball one time in the third quarter and say it isn't back."

Jay Posner, of the San Diego Union-Tribune, reports San Diego Chargers head coach Marty Schottenheimer has stressed the importance of special teams play throughout training camp and in the preseason, particularly after the Chargers allowed a 100-yard kickoff return to the Chicago Bears Friday, Aug. 18. "You know, I take greater affront to issues in the kicking game than I do offense and defense," Schottenheimer said. "Maybe that's because that's all I really ever played. And I know that it's just a matter of being prepared and busting your tail as much as you can to get the job done."

The Associated Press reports San Diego Chargers head coach Marty Schottenheimer apologized Thursday, Aug. 10, for saying Chargers starting QB Philip Rivers will be tested "when the bullets start flying." "I've often said if you stand in front of a microphone as many times as I do, you are invariably going to make a mistake and I made a mistake," he said. "But the good thing about it is I will never forget that mistake." Earlier a retired Marine colonel had criticized Schottenheimer's remarks in a letter to The San Diego Union-Tribune. "Football is not combat, it is a game," he wrote.

Jay Paris, of the North County Times, reports the physical Oklahoma drill highlights San Diego Chargers practice Sunday, July 30, the first in which the players are in pads. Head coach Marty Schottenheimer said he considered not having the traditional, one-on-one drill, and then changed his mind. "It really sets a tone and the players enjoy it,'' he said.